Alexis Wright was sentenced to 10 months in jail for her role in the Kennebunk prostitution case.

York County Jail

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Alexis Wright was sentenced to 10 months in jail for her role in the Kennebunk prostitution case.

York County Jail

The Zumba instructor who ran a prostitution business in which she videotaped unsuspecting clients so her business partner could watch has been released from jail in Maine.

Alexis Wright left the York County Jail about 7:45 a.m. Saturday after serving nearly six months of a 10-month sentence that was reduced because of good behavior and participation in a work program.

She got into a waiting SUV without speaking to reporters.

The prostitution scandal featuring sex videos, detailed ledgers, adultery and more than 100 clients in a picture-perfect New England town generated headlines around the world.

The 30-year-old Wright pleaded guilty to prostitution, as well as several welfare and tax-related charges. Her married business partner was convicted of promoting prostitution.

Wright's prostitution business came as a surprise to her fitness clients but not to police officers who'd become suspicious after fielding complaints about groaning, loud music, and men coming and going from an office Wright rented across the street from her studio.

According to police Wright's business partner, Mark Strong of Thomaston, watched the sexual encounters unfold in real time on a computer in his insurance business office more than 100 miles away. At her sentencing, Wright divulged that she believed her business partner had tricked her into believing she was a secret operative investigating sexual deviance.

Detailed records over an 18-month period indicated Wright made $150,000 tax-free. She also collected more than $40,000 in public assistance, prosecutors said.

Strong, a 58-year-old married father of two, acknowledged having an affair with Wright and helping her start the fitness studio but said he didn't know about the prostitution. He was convicted of 13 counts related to promotion of prostitution and sentenced to 20 days in jail.